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This repository is organised by publication date and brings together Nexus Action outputs and outcome documents, external publications featuring Nexus Action, as well as relevant Science–Policy–Society interface literature from partner organisations, alongside links to additional resources.

  • The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Summary for and with Policymakers - Policymakers Community for Action - 2025

    This summary translates the latest 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission evidence into practical guidance for policymakers. Co-developed by scientists, policymakers, and practitioners from over 30 countries through the Policymakers Community for Action, it outlines 35 priority actions to help build healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems.

  • The Action Briefs - Communities for Action - 2025

    The Action briefs were developed with—and for—community representatives through a six-month process curated by EAT, Convene, and global partners and set priorities and propose targeted actions that actors can adopt, scale, and adapt to advance healthy, sustainable, and just food systems.

  • The Stories of Progress - Communities for Action - 2025

    The Stories of Progress capture the efforts of the Communities for Action to advance healthy, sustainable and just diets. Each story offers a snapshot of an action, initiative or project from a Community for Action member highlighting key actors involved and lessons learned.

  • Breaking the “scaling-up” stalemate - Patrick Caron et al. - 07/2025

    Food system transformation requires moving beyond the illusion of simple “scaling up” and instead recognising that change emerges through continuous negotiation between local experimentation, national policy, and global commitments.

  • A renewed interest in controversies - Patrick Caron - Nature Food - 02/2025

    The increasing polarization of food systems debates hampers transformation towards sustainability. Making knowledge actionable and action knowledgeable is key for our society to move forward, says Patrick Caron.

  • Guidance on strengthening national science–policy interfaces for agrifood systems - FAO - 2024

    This guidance from FAO outlines how to strengthen national science–policy interfaces for agrifood systems so that decisions are grounded in credible, relevant evidence and support Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It provides a modular framework covering why SPIs are needed, what effective systems should look like, and how to design equitable, functional, and learning-oriented institutions.

  • The Montpellier Process at Biodiversity COP16 - Outcome Document - 12/2024

    This Outcome Document takes a deeper dive into the outcomes of the Montpellier Process engagement at Biodiversity COP16, synthesising key outputs and insights to track progress in both process and content terms. It also proposes a learning model to guide the Montpellier Process going forward.

  • The Montpellier Process at Biodiversity COP16 - Outcome Communiqué - 11/2024

    At COP16, the Montpellier Process interacted with around 1200 people spanning multiple gatherings over more than 10 connected events. The MP engaged with four action-driven communities, and developed Use Cases on Cities-Territories, Countries, International Trade Policy and Diverse Knowledge Systems.

  • The Montpellier Process at Biodiversity COP16 - Use Cases Book - 10/2024

    The first compilation of Stories of Progress from policymakers and implementers across sub-national, national and global contexts, highlighting strategies and solutions that integrate biodiversity targets maximizing feed-care-protect synergies.

  • Pooling collective intelligence to transform food systems gathering - Outcome document - 03/2024

    Building on the outcomes of the March 2024 gathering, this document outlines the shared vision, guiding principles, commitments, and pathways for action agreed by participants, establishing a roadmap for more inclusive, effective, and impactful science–policy engagement from local to global scales.

  • Global food security: pool collective intelligence - Patrick Caron - Nature Correspondence - 12/2022

    In this correspondence published in Nature, Patrick Caron argues that tackling global food security challenges requires scientific communities, policymakers, and society to pool collective intelligence and strengthen science–policy–society interfaces across sectors and scales.

  • The Montpellier Statement - 03/2022

    This statement summarizes the outcomes of the March 2022 Feed-Care-Protect event, calling for stronger collaboration across science, policy, and society to accelerate food systems transformation. It introduces the vision of a shared platform for collective intelligence to address interconnected global challenges.